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but for now president obama still has a small edge over mitt romney. according to a new "nbc news/wall street journal" poll, the democratic ticket leads the republican one, 48% to 44% among registered voters. that's little changed from july when obama had a lead of 49% to 43%-- suggesting romney got only a slight boost from his vice presidential pick of paul ryan. the four candidates fanned out across the nation today: president obama was in nevada; governor romney in iowa; vice president biden in michigan; and congressman ryan in virginia and north carolina-- shown here on the "newshour's" vote 2012 map center. the top of the republican ticket told iowans today his running mate would help get the country back on the right fiscal track. >> i want to return to the path that made america the great success that it's been and i understand the implications of that. 12 million jobs for middle income families, more take-home pay for middle income families. this is what we have to bring to this country and the plan i've decided on will get it done. >> woodruff
but for now president obama still has a small edge over mitt romney. according to a new "nbc news/wall street journal" poll, the democratic ticket leads the republican one, 48% to 44% among registered voters. that's little changed from july when obama had a lead of 49% to 43%-- suggesting romney got only a slight boost from his vice presidential pick of paul ryan. the four candidates fanned out across the nation today: president obama was in nevada; governor romney in iowa; vice...
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obama also had a new warning on iran's nuclear program. yesterday iranian leader ahmadinejad repeated his claim that the program is only for peaceful purposes, an explanation the u.s. and other countries dismiss. today the president said again iran cannot be allowed to build nuclear weapons. >> let me be clear. america wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy. we believe that there is still time and space to do so. but that time is not unlimited. make no mistake, a nuclear-armed iran is not a challenge that can be contained. it would threaten the elimination of israel, the security of gulf nations, and the stability of the global economy. >> woodruff: turning to the civil war in syria, the president repeated his call for an end to the bloodshed and to the regime of bashar al assad. >> if there is a cause that cries out for protest in the world today, peaceful protest, it is the regime that tortures children and shoots rockets at apartment buildings. we must remain engaged to assure that what began with citizens demanding their rights
obama also had a new warning on iran's nuclear program. yesterday iranian leader ahmadinejad repeated his claim that the program is only for peaceful purposes, an explanation the u.s. and other countries dismiss. today the president said again iran cannot be allowed to build nuclear weapons. >> let me be clear. america wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy. we believe that there is still time and space to do so. but that time is not unlimited. make no mistake, a nuclear-armed iran...
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women voters in key swing states like virginia and ohio favor obama by large mar margins and the obama campaign wants to make sure that they keep those margins up. >> ifill: but all women voters are not necessarily pro abortion rights. >> absolutely. there's a lot of anti-abortion women voters as well. but for the purpose of the obama campaign right now, you know, pumping up the gender gap as big as it can get is absolutely in his favor. mitt romney will have a very difficult time winning if the gender gap gets substantial and it has been quite substantial and it's narrowed a little and it's going to get bigger. >> ifill: all right, garance franke-ruta and jon ward, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> brown: still to come on the newshour, the ups and downs of technology stocks; a program to close the "achievement gap"; an end to a swim across the florida straits; and political parties versus the people. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: syria's deputy prime minister today warned the u.s. against any intervention in its ongoing civil w
women voters in key swing states like virginia and ohio favor obama by large mar margins and the obama campaign wants to make sure that they keep those margins up. >> ifill: but all women voters are not necessarily pro abortion rights. >> absolutely. there's a lot of anti-abortion women voters as well. but for the purpose of the obama campaign right now, you know, pumping up the gender gap as big as it can get is absolutely in his favor. mitt romney will have a very difficult time...
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president obama won iowa in 2008, but it's a toss-up this year. he argued today the choice is between a known quantity and a candidate who keeps changing his views. >> trust matters. and... and... and here's the thing. iowa, you know me. you know... you know that i say what i mean and i mean what i say. you could take a videotape of things i've said 10 years ago, 12 years ago and you'd say, man, this is the same guy, has the same values, cares about the same people... ( cheers ) ...doesn't forget where he came from. knows who he's fighting for. ( cheers ) >> brown: the president also told the "des moines register" that if he wins, a big reason will be that republicans "alienated the fastest-growing demographic group in the country, the latino community." he predicted the g.o.p. will join him in finally passing major immigration reform. for his part, romney fired back in reno, nevada. he said the president's been reduced to misplaced attacks on his record. >> with four... four debates behind us, including the vice presidential debate, the president
president obama won iowa in 2008, but it's a toss-up this year. he argued today the choice is between a known quantity and a candidate who keeps changing his views. >> trust matters. and... and... and here's the thing. iowa, you know me. you know... you know that i say what i mean and i mean what i say. you could take a videotape of things i've said 10 years ago, 12 years ago and you'd say, man, this is the same guy, has the same values, cares about the same people... ( cheers )...
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president obama actually was able to split the baby on this one. he made sure wmen's rights are being reprotected and religious rights are protect. >> that's absolutelyee - . (multiple speakers). >> you're right. the president came up with what you're supposed to do in this country under the constitution. he looks for an accommodation, religion doesn't trump other rights. you try to find an accommodation when you have two rights clashing. the reproductive rights of women and the religious rights of religious institutions. he solved that issue to the satisfaction -- if i could just finish here. to the satisfaction of most americans. then what the republicans did, the great blunder they made in the committee on which i serve, they decided to revise the issue, exploiting the religious side of the issue, without letting even one woman come with the other side. >> wait a minute. hold on. >> hold on a second. >> first of all -- >> you walked occupy - . (multiple speakers). >> there were no women on the contraceptive issue. there were no women on the cont
president obama actually was able to split the baby on this one. he made sure wmen's rights are being reprotected and religious rights are protect. >> that's absolutelyee - . (multiple speakers). >> you're right. the president came up with what you're supposed to do in this country under the constitution. he looks for an accommodation, religion doesn't trump other rights. you try to find an accommodation when you have two rights clashing. the reproductive rights of women and the...
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the obama campaign opened a new line of attack today on republican mitt romney over tax fairness. vice-president biden criticized romney's opposition to the so-called "buffett rule" to impose higher taxes on the wealthiest americans. in exeter, new hampshire, biden said romney has his own rule-- to give the rich more money in tax cuts than middle-class families make in a year. >> the "romney rule" says "let's double down on the tax cuts for the wealthy." look, folks, this is not about class warfare. this is about math. this is about math and people's lives. >> sreenivasan: romney had no public events today and did not respond to biden's charge. but his wife, ann, challenged a democratic consultant's criticism of her status as a stay-at-home mother. on wednesday, hilary rosen had said mrs. romney should not be talking about women and the economy because "she hasn't worked a day in her life." ann romney responded today on fox news. >> my career choice was to be a mother, and i think all of us need to know that we need to respect choices that women make. other women make other choice
the obama campaign opened a new line of attack today on republican mitt romney over tax fairness. vice-president biden criticized romney's opposition to the so-called "buffett rule" to impose higher taxes on the wealthiest americans. in exeter, new hampshire, biden said romney has his own rule-- to give the rich more money in tax cuts than middle-class families make in a year. >> the "romney rule" says "let's double down on the tax cuts for the wealthy."...
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stocks are at their highest point since president obama took office. still, many americans are asking themselves if they're better off now than they were four years ago. investors are looking at their financial statements as a guide. but as erika miller explains, that doesn't necessarily mean americans are feeling better about their economic situation. >> reporter: four years ago, the financial crisis was getting worse and the global economy falling off a cliff. so it's no wonder many americans are feeling better about their financial situation now versus four years ago. >> i'm better off right now than i was four years ago by a long shot. >> i feel more comfortable, because i'm older, i have more of a vision of what i want for my future. >> reporter: but others say they're worse off, especially those living paycheck to paycheck or out of work. >> three years ago, i had a job. i've been disemployed for a year now. >> reporter: and plenty of other americans aren't exactly sure where they stand. >> i don't know if i have a lot to base it on; i'm just a c
stocks are at their highest point since president obama took office. still, many americans are asking themselves if they're better off now than they were four years ago. investors are looking at their financial statements as a guide. but as erika miller explains, that doesn't necessarily mean americans are feeling better about their economic situation. >> reporter: four years ago, the financial crisis was getting worse and the global economy falling off a cliff. so it's no wonder many...
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other polls show president obama with a slight lead. is really tough to read, and the notion has been thrown up in the air because of the storm. >> i think a split in the alleged tora college is as likely as me winning the lotto, so i do not think that is a real alternatives. -- a split in the electoral college is as likely as winning the lotto, so i do not think that is a real alternative. and what happens at that point? >> i think it is possible. if you look at the polls in these states, president is strong in a handful of states. it is not going to be much more than 280 or 285, and given the fact that his numbers are going to come down from where they were in 2008, he is probably not going to do as well as he did with the circumstances he had, and if you add governor romney and a lot of red states, there is a possibility of one candidate, probably rendezvous' anymore popular votes and greeted romney winning popular votes and obama winning electoral votes. democrats are going to immediately say we have been here before. al gore got mo
other polls show president obama with a slight lead. is really tough to read, and the notion has been thrown up in the air because of the storm. >> i think a split in the alleged tora college is as likely as me winning the lotto, so i do not think that is a real alternatives. -- a split in the electoral college is as likely as winning the lotto, so i do not think that is a real alternative. and what happens at that point? >> i think it is possible. if you look at the polls in these...
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obama and romney seem to be sort of rhetorical twins here. the reason exactly mo is right is because we are fighting this on minute-to-minute hour-by hour because there is a lacking overvision so tactics are winning the day. it's win or lose every single day. >> ifill: is he right, snow does it work? are you one of the strategists who thinks it does work? if it doesn't-- or if it does-- are you running the risk of alienating voters? >> yeah, i guess it's all in the definition of what a negative campaign is, right? i mean, i actually am one of those people that believe talking about your record and talking about your opponent's record is... it works, it's necessary and it's good for the process. >> pelley: "liar," "unhinged"? >> but when it gets past the difference in vision, when it gets past the difference in policy and it starts get to personal character assassination that's when the rails come off and you run the risk of hurting your own candidate and alienating voters. >> ifill: what was vice president biden doing last night with that unc
obama and romney seem to be sort of rhetorical twins here. the reason exactly mo is right is because we are fighting this on minute-to-minute hour-by hour because there is a lacking overvision so tactics are winning the day. it's win or lose every single day. >> ifill: is he right, snow does it work? are you one of the strategists who thinks it does work? if it doesn't-- or if it does-- are you running the risk of alienating voters? >> yeah, i guess it's all in the definition of...
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obama, i'll say again, charlie, obama remembered what this was about. it's a leadership stage. obama-- romney seemed to think that he was arguing in the classic debate context, in which we're going to get scored by whoever makes the most points with the most logical connection between them. >> rose: what was the audience reaction, whether in the hall or outside, to the push by governor romney to get the president to talk about his own pension account? >> you know, i didn't hear the audience reaction. i know at one point-- i didn't hear it on my screen, maybe you did-- but there was a pool reporter in the hall that said the audience at one point gasped when governor romney got very aggressive with president obama saying, "you wait your turn. this is my turn." there was a kind of a recoil at that. you know, your episode that you're describing it just was a little bit mysterious because to me it seemed pretty obvious that romney was setting president obama up for exac exactly the rejoinder he gave. look, i don't spend that much time talking about my pension. yours is a lot bigger
obama, i'll say again, charlie, obama remembered what this was about. it's a leadership stage. obama-- romney seemed to think that he was arguing in the classic debate context, in which we're going to get scored by whoever makes the most points with the most logical connection between them. >> rose: what was the audience reaction, whether in the hall or outside, to the push by governor romney to get the president to talk about his own pension account? >> you know, i didn't hear the...
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>> obama. >> i'm going to vote for obama. that's who i'm voting for. >> with 24 hours to go, does barack obama's message of hope still resonate despite the economic turmoil and political division? or will romney's troops prove more committed and enthusiasm? >> for more on the pivotal role that florida could play in this election, i spoke to laura in miami and i started by asking her if the real challenge there for the republican party was the growth of hispanic voters. >> it does. although of course thes had hispanic vote here is not like it is in the rest of the country because here you have a lot of cubans and older generation cubans certainly tend to vote republican and you also have a lot of puerto ricans who don't have the nationality issues that many mexicans will have, because puerto rico is an american commonwealth and so puerto ricans have american citizenship. so it is a completely fascinating race here. and in early voting, a quarter -- 1/3 of floridians have already voted and democrats have a narrow advantage in e
>> obama. >> i'm going to vote for obama. that's who i'm voting for. >> with 24 hours to go, does barack obama's message of hope still resonate despite the economic turmoil and political division? or will romney's troops prove more committed and enthusiasm? >> for more on the pivotal role that florida could play in this election, i spoke to laura in miami and i started by asking her if the real challenge there for the republican party was the growth of hispanic voters....
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>> good for president obama. at a time of disaster, the only elected officials who have any opportunity to perform her governors, mayors, or the president. senators and members of congress are dying to get on camera. chuck schumer is the only one i know who did. this is a real job. the president handled himself well, showed himself to be confident and compassionate, as governor christie said, and "endorsement" of the president is nothing but a plus. >> nina? >> you really have to notice that president clinton build up fema, the bush administration took it apart and paid a price after katrina, and this president built it back up again, put a professional in charge, but people who knew what to do, and it is paying off. >> colby? >> it also draws a sharp contrast between the candidates. you have president obama pushing the federal efforts and citing fema as his vehicle, and you had romney last year saying he would get rid of fema, saying that he would turn it back to the states and showing no appreciation of the rol
>> good for president obama. at a time of disaster, the only elected officials who have any opportunity to perform her governors, mayors, or the president. senators and members of congress are dying to get on camera. chuck schumer is the only one i know who did. this is a real job. the president handled himself well, showed himself to be confident and compassionate, as governor christie said, and "endorsement" of the president is nothing but a plus. >> nina? >> you...
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>> 4-point lead for president obama. romney has real problems. four months after he won the nomination, people have a more negative feelings towards him than positive feeling. he has misspent these four months, and the obama people have filled in the blanks in lot better than romney. >> he is dangerously behind in florida and ohio. >> but people still disapprove of how obama has handled the presidency by a huge margin. >> political satirist mark russell announced that he is coming out of retirement. "you may recall that i said i would come out of retirement on the day that congressmen with skinny dip in the sea of galilee." [laughter] we are still heading for a cliff in january. what happens if we go over? >> it is not too late to get people back to work, higher take-home pay. it is not too late to reignite the american dream. we can do this. >> paul ryan and mitt romney are focused on november, as our president obama and vice president biden, who, by the way, will attend the republican convention, although i don't think he will get credentials.
>> 4-point lead for president obama. romney has real problems. four months after he won the nomination, people have a more negative feelings towards him than positive feeling. he has misspent these four months, and the obama people have filled in the blanks in lot better than romney. >> he is dangerously behind in florida and ohio. >> but people still disapprove of how obama has handled the presidency by a huge margin. >> political satirist mark russell announced that he...
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obama. gwen: a nice little twist to use hillary clinton's words from 2008 against her. michael, how crazy is this ard campaign right -- is this ad campaign right now? and unless you live in these 10 statse you never see it. >> just a couple of stats. if you live in columbus, ohio, or richmond, virginia, you're probably seeing 10 times the number of ads now in july that you saw at this time last year. you're seeing the number of ads you would have seen in september or october. of -- i'm sorry, of 2008. the other thing that's different about the ad campaigns is that they're spending more money in fewer places. than ever before. and something like half of president obama's -- correct me, ad campaign spending so far is in just three states. florida, ohio, and virginia. so it's very intensive. >> in ohio, he has spent at least $16 million so far in advertising. gwen: and is it st having any effect -- and is it having any effect? is it moving the needle? there seems to be a lot of talk here, it's
obama. gwen: a nice little twist to use hillary clinton's words from 2008 against her. michael, how crazy is this ard campaign right -- is this ad campaign right now? and unless you live in these 10 statse you never see it. >> just a couple of stats. if you live in columbus, ohio, or richmond, virginia, you're probably seeing 10 times the number of ads now in july that you saw at this time last year. you're seeing the number of ads you would have seen in september or october. of -- i'm...
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romney says president obama has been weak. president obama said osama bin laden, got him. that's the essence of his argument. it may be a bigger debate than we think it is, despite the lack of attention to these issues. >> i think that's right. i think it sends signals. voters sometimes get angry when we don't talk about the specific details and they get angry when the candidates don't do that either but a lot of voters take their views to these candidates back to trust. who am i going to trust when decisions are being made when i'm not at the table? that has to do with their lives and the economy. but they'll get cues from that for this debate. also in carving up the difficult carving that's going to take place in budgets and with the federal government. gwen: we have a little map that we can throw up and take a look at some of the states ich everybody is watching. i'm curious what states you guys are watching. i'm watching wisconsin. how but? >> i'm watching -- everybody's watching ohio. i'll throw in one really scary thought, gwen. if barack obama of the contested state
romney says president obama has been weak. president obama said osama bin laden, got him. that's the essence of his argument. it may be a bigger debate than we think it is, despite the lack of attention to these issues. >> i think that's right. i think it sends signals. voters sometimes get angry when we don't talk about the specific details and they get angry when the candidates don't do that either but a lot of voters take their views to these candidates back to trust. who am i going to...
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and that's why you've seen president obama speaking out about how china must play by the rules, that it cannot game the system from which it has benefited significantly and that we believe that american companies and... can help china achieve their objectives and create jobs for the american people at the same time. and we also believe that they need to step up to human rights, to universal values of human rights. >> rose: we conclude this evening with tom caplan lann, the novelist with the new spy novel call "the spy who jumped off the screen." >> i always wanted to write a thriller but i didn't feel i had enough experience in the world and i didn't feel that i could contribute to thegenre something that was new until the idea of ty hunter came to be. >> rose: wynton marsalis on martin luther king, jr., gary locke of china and tom caplan on spy novels when we continue. >> rose: we begin and take note of the fact that this country honors and remembers the dr. martin luther king, jr. today. he was one of the great civil rightseaders this country has ever known. he was an activist who
and that's why you've seen president obama speaking out about how china must play by the rules, that it cannot game the system from which it has benefited significantly and that we believe that american companies and... can help china achieve their objectives and create jobs for the american people at the same time. and we also believe that they need to step up to human rights, to universal values of human rights. >> rose: we conclude this evening with tom caplan lann, the novelist with...
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was either even or slightly behind obama among seniors. remember, barack obama's base is minority voters, young people, and women. he gets very good numbers among young people. he lost senior citizens to john mccain. if he can neutralize that or reduce his margin, he's in much better shape. gwen: even though the enthusiasm of yuck people is not what it was four years ago. >> you ran that clip of governor romney talking about throwing in the towel. this is a collie slay in politics. the tea party movement worked from the outside to the inside. the whole notion is silly. why did he jump on it? he's kind of jumping on everything. why did he jump on it? what they see in their focus groups is obama voters from 2008 disappointed in the president who think he's just kind of stuck. he can't make things better. so the feeling is out there and now they're trying to say you see, he thinks he's stuck. gwen: wasn't that the danger in the immigration question? you promised you were going to do this and you didn't. that's a risky place for the president.
was either even or slightly behind obama among seniors. remember, barack obama's base is minority voters, young people, and women. he gets very good numbers among young people. he lost senior citizens to john mccain. if he can neutralize that or reduce his margin, he's in much better shape. gwen: even though the enthusiasm of yuck people is not what it was four years ago. >> you ran that clip of governor romney talking about throwing in the towel. this is a collie slay in politics. the...
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obama is not a good debater. it is not that obama was off his game. that is his game. he does not have a prompter, he is not good. you see this in press conferences, where he does not have a prompter. he had never been good at press conferences. he rambles, the press is always unimpressed with him. this was a situation where yet more control of the debate, because he picks the questionnaire, and he can decide how long he wants to take for the answer. his only advantage in the next debate will be this. it will be in a town hall. he has got more ability to connect with an audience than romney. he will have an advantage in the second debate that he did not have been the first. >> would you rather be good or lucky? 7.8% unemployment rate. that is pretty good news. >> unless you look at the actual numbers. if you look at those with new jobs, about 114,000. you have to have 150,000 to stay at the same rate. what has been happening is you have people leaving the work force, retiring, or read a wait a minute, nina -- or when you become chronically unemployed, over the one year
obama is not a good debater. it is not that obama was off his game. that is his game. he does not have a prompter, he is not good. you see this in press conferences, where he does not have a prompter. he had never been good at press conferences. he rambles, the press is always unimpressed with him. this was a situation where yet more control of the debate, because he picks the questionnaire, and he can decide how long he wants to take for the answer. his only advantage in the next debate will...
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obama in november. he and the rest of the republican field face their next test in arizona and michigan tuesday. >> brown: still to come on the "newshour": sectarian violence in iraq; learning lessons online; the politics of the abortion fight and the failures at a west virginia mine. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: there was new violence in afghanistan today over the burning of korans at a u.s. base. riots broke out across the country for a third day, and five people were killed. hundreds of demonstrators also tried to storm a u.s. military site. at one protest, a man dressed as an afghan soldier shot and killed two american soldiers. meanwhile, president obama offered his sincere apologies in a letter to afghan president hamid karzai. new images of desperate conditions emerged today from the city of homs, in syria. forces loyal to president bashar assad kept up a fierce artillery barrage, despite world appeals to stop. we have a report narrated by jonathan miller
obama in november. he and the rest of the republican field face their next test in arizona and michigan tuesday. >> brown: still to come on the "newshour": sectarian violence in iraq; learning lessons online; the politics of the abortion fight and the failures at a west virginia mine. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: there was new violence in afghanistan today over the burning of korans at a u.s. base. riots broke out across the country...
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when they do it's saying he's like obama, that they worry about that. but that a lot more of these ads are targeting newt gingrich. you hear people like ron paul going after newt gingrich, rick santorum going after newt gingrich as a washington insider. rick perry who dropped out just a week ago was talking about all the insiders in the race and today he endorsed one of the insiders. so you know, the good news for newt gingrich as he is rising in the polls and he's within barking distance of mitt romney, the bad news is that means that everybody is training scrutiny on him and i don't think you have seen the end of that. >> woodruff: so all the pore reason to watch tonight's debate, gwen, they're down to four. and i know you will be right there, you will be reporting for us tomorrow night. thanks very much. >> ifill: and then there were four, thanks, judy. >> warner: still to come on the "newshour": two mayors assess the economic health of their cities; jordan's king abdullah talks about his neighbors and eastman kodak files for bankruptcy. but first, t
when they do it's saying he's like obama, that they worry about that. but that a lot more of these ads are targeting newt gingrich. you hear people like ron paul going after newt gingrich, rick santorum going after newt gingrich as a washington insider. rick perry who dropped out just a week ago was talking about all the insiders in the race and today he endorsed one of the insiders. so you know, the good news for newt gingrich as he is rising in the polls and he's within barking distance of...
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i think that we did a really good thing when we elected barack obama. i read his books, they read his books. he is absolutely and totally qualified for the job. he's proven himself to be not only qualified for the job, but very good at it. the things that he's managed to get accomplished in the face of so much push-back is amazing, and i think this is morgan freeman's personal thought we're going to be in a lot of trouble if we don't reelect him, because the people on the other side of the fence scare me. tavis: on that note, we'll stop the conversation for tonight. morgan freeman has not one but two projects coming out one big budget, one not so big. we'll talk more about both those projects and so much more tomorrow night. a life this well-lived makes it difficult to squeeze conversation into 30 minutes, but we'll continue with this tomorrow night. until then, keep the faith. >> will with the woman who captures your heart be like? >> she would have your way of walking and talking. >> how do i do that? >> it is sunny outside. just a light rainfall. you
i think that we did a really good thing when we elected barack obama. i read his books, they read his books. he is absolutely and totally qualified for the job. he's proven himself to be not only qualified for the job, but very good at it. the things that he's managed to get accomplished in the face of so much push-back is amazing, and i think this is morgan freeman's personal thought we're going to be in a lot of trouble if we don't reelect him, because the people on the other side of the...
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and my answer is simple, compared to barack obama. this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. this is a choice between mitt romney and the most radical leftest president in american hcht. >> sreenivasan: gingrich is left with a campaign debt of $4.5 million. there was troubling news on the u.s. economy today. the payroll processor, a.d.p., reported hiring was down sharply from march. the disappointing data led to a mixed day on wall street. the dow jones industrial average lost nearly 11 points to close at 13,268. the nasdaq rose nine points to close above 3059. prosecutors in florida have charged 13 students at florida a&m university in the hazing death of a school band member. drum major robert champion was found unconscious last november, on a chartered bus outside an orlando hotel. the medical examiner said he'd been beaten and gone into shock. 11 students will be charged with felony hazing, and each could get six years in prison. two others face misdemeanor charges. one of the world's most recognizable paintings,
and my answer is simple, compared to barack obama. this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. this is a choice between mitt romney and the most radical leftest president in american hcht. >> sreenivasan: gingrich is left with a campaign debt of $4.5 million. there was troubling news on the u.s. economy today. the payroll processor, a.d.p., reported hiring was down sharply from march. the disappointing data led to a mixed day on wall street. the dow jones industrial...
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>> he sort of said obama botched the response to benghazi. frankly, his first response was not the best response. he botched his first response in terms of coming out swinging, politicizing it to soon. there is a hesitancy for him to politicize it again. there is this window opening for mitt romney and he wants to take it. you can say the administration dropped the ball, they did not anticipate the terrorist attack, they left americans vulnerable. >> there is no mention to of president george bush. why is that legacy avoided? >> there is a real debate within the camp. there is a kind of -- you do not know where he stands. in some places, he has a former bush advisers who are real and neocons. in others, they're much more moderate and really believed international institutions, will want to empower natural institutions. we have not seen where he comes down and we're not sure whether he is a neocon or a realist or aim moderates. he keeps giving these speeches, but he does not nail it down. we're trying to figure out him as he does. >> maybe we
>> he sort of said obama botched the response to benghazi. frankly, his first response was not the best response. he botched his first response in terms of coming out swinging, politicizing it to soon. there is a hesitancy for him to politicize it again. there is this window opening for mitt romney and he wants to take it. you can say the administration dropped the ball, they did not anticipate the terrorist attack, they left americans vulnerable. >> there is no mention to of...
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>> president obama. >> rose: right. >> what would you add to that? those are the basic kind of -- >> well there is a different variations of cares about people, who understands the middle class. i thought all along, governor romney on those questions, those character and trade questions, governor romney needed to do three things. on cares about you, understands the middle class be closer than he could have been, he couldn't lose those by large double digit margins and narrowed those. couldn't win them, had no narrow them. had plans for the economy needed a significant lead. the president has been ahead at times, kind of remarkable and three is, is favorable, unfavorable, governor romney went into the general election season based on most polls as the worst nominee of either party ever in terms of do you like this person or not? do you think of them favorably, unfavorably, he has really improved and in fact in some polling he went past the president on that measure. and that is to go back to the question of what is the one dynamic of this campaign? wo
>> president obama. >> rose: right. >> what would you add to that? those are the basic kind of -- >> well there is a different variations of cares about people, who understands the middle class. i thought all along, governor romney on those questions, those character and trade questions, governor romney needed to do three things. on cares about you, understands the middle class be closer than he could have been, he couldn't lose those by large double digit margins and...
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so barack obama likes to campaign against congress. when he's locked in this very tight battle with mitt romney when the two of them are just a few points apart it's much easier to campaign against someone with a 10 or 12% approval rating. >> ifill: he said let's agree on what we agree on. why isn't that reasonable why won't that work? >> nobody wants to take these votes in an election year where they have to accomplish something. it's much easier to put their stamp on. the republicans will come out with a counterproposal in the house. >> think about what he said, gwen. he said this is my position. it's also the republicans' position. so why can't they compromise with me on this? i think the republicans will say what he wants them to do is cave on tax cuts for all and not compromise. >> ifill: the other thing the republicans seem to be doing is they're about their own definitions right now too. they're talking about the president's zombie economy which the jobless numbers help the poor. >> they bring it back to jobs. and the sense that
so barack obama likes to campaign against congress. when he's locked in this very tight battle with mitt romney when the two of them are just a few points apart it's much easier to campaign against someone with a 10 or 12% approval rating. >> ifill: he said let's agree on what we agree on. why isn't that reasonable why won't that work? >> nobody wants to take these votes in an election year where they have to accomplish something. it's much easier to put their stamp on. the...
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. >> from the very beginning the obama campaigned four years and met with all of the first actors in the first year he would sit down with chavez and kim jung il, with castro, and with president ahmadinejad of iran. >> nothing governor romney just said is true. starting with this notion of me apologizing. >> this has been probably the biggest whopper that has been told during the c campaign. >> joining me in new york is tina brown, editor in chief of the daily beast. peep. very disappointing. >> talking about europe and stuff -- >> rose: you can say it affects the u.s. economy and the economic recovery or threatens the u.s. economy if they can't get it right. >> there is also the one moment in which the president, romney kept saying, look, you can attack me but that is not a proposal for the future, did that score? what was the best line that romney had during the evening? anybody? >> you can't attack me was clearly his go to line. >> rose: right. >> if the president attacked, other than that, i can't think of any real standout lines that governor romney had. i don't think he wanted
. >> from the very beginning the obama campaigned four years and met with all of the first actors in the first year he would sit down with chavez and kim jung il, with castro, and with president ahmadinejad of iran. >> nothing governor romney just said is true. starting with this notion of me apologizing. >> this has been probably the biggest whopper that has been told during the c campaign. >> joining me in new york is tina brown, editor in chief of the daily beast....
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right, it was president obama. so it's been interesting, all leading up to saturday's official kickoff of his re-election campaign. no accident there. gwen: remind people of why the secrecy wasn't just about creating heightened drama about the president, oh, look, i'm in afghanistan. you've been on these war zone trips. there's a reason for it. >> these papers show you this. bin laden, in his hideaway in azeinab badawi ordered the assassination of bin laden, if it could be carried ourt, if he ever came to afghanistan. so they have real reasons to be afraid of security. in fact, president obama landed in darkness. they rushed to get done before dawn, before light came, an within an hour and a half of his departure, there was a suicide bomb attack in kabul that the taliban claimed was an attempt to send a signal to the president. gwen: this is probably unfair to ask you, but do we have any reason to believe that karzai is a partner we can work with at this point? >> not an easy answer. it happened to him at a good mo
right, it was president obama. so it's been interesting, all leading up to saturday's official kickoff of his re-election campaign. no accident there. gwen: remind people of why the secrecy wasn't just about creating heightened drama about the president, oh, look, i'm in afghanistan. you've been on these war zone trips. there's a reason for it. >> these papers show you this. bin laden, in his hideaway in azeinab badawi ordered the assassination of bin laden, if it could be carried ourt,...
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president obama. it's all leading up to the saturday's official kickoff of his re-election campaign. no accident there. gwen: remind people why it wasn't creating heightened drama look, i'm in afghanistan. they've been on these war zone trips and there's in fact a reason for it. >> the papers show you this. in his hide away he ordered it, or general petrais if it could be carried out if he ever came to afghanistan. they have real reasons to be afraid of security and in fact, president obama landed in darkness, they rushed to get done before dawn, before light came and within an hour and a half of his departure there was a suicide bomb attack in kabul and taliban claimed to send a signal to the president. gwen: it's probably unfair to ask you to brief us on this. but the plan for this document was hamid karzai, is he a partner we can work with at this point? >> not an easy answer. happened to hit him at a good moment when the ambassador talked about whether he was on his meds or not. he was happy to ha
president obama. it's all leading up to the saturday's official kickoff of his re-election campaign. no accident there. gwen: remind people why it wasn't creating heightened drama look, i'm in afghanistan. they've been on these war zone trips and there's in fact a reason for it. >> the papers show you this. in his hide away he ordered it, or general petrais if it could be carried out if he ever came to afghanistan. they have real reasons to be afraid of security and in fact, president...
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that would be a very difficult picture for the obama administration to defend that syria's supporter is sitting at the table with the secretary of the united states. >> [inaudible] >> they are providing material support inside syria to defend assad. >> if the americans do not agree to the content of the meeting. >> iran does not sign up for the plan, it was not qualified to attend. >> think you very much for coming. we will bring you the results from not agree to the content of the the meeti. -- thank you very much for coming. another meeting with spain and italy making desperate pleas for action to reduce that soaring far we cost. on deliver golf who holds the eurozone purse strings arrived in paris for pre-summit talks with french president. before she left, she made it clear germany is not prepared to guarantee the debt of other countries. more than 30,000 people have been forced to flee their homes after wild fires cost. threatening the u.s. city of colorado springs doubled in size. traffic and smoke choked the streets as people read to evacuate the city and nearby u.s. air force
that would be a very difficult picture for the obama administration to defend that syria's supporter is sitting at the table with the secretary of the united states. >> [inaudible] >> they are providing material support inside syria to defend assad. >> if the americans do not agree to the content of the meeting. >> iran does not sign up for the plan, it was not qualified to attend. >> think you very much for coming. we will bring you the results from not agree to...
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president obama was ready after the first debate. he called him out, saying you've had this position before and -- gwen: romnesia. but this puzzled me, some thought romney won all the debates. he had the most to 2k3w5eu7b89 >> just by standing there next to the commander in chief you raise your level because you are actually going toe to toe with the commander in chief -- chief on questions of foreign policy. and interesting, during the debate i was getting all these emails from conservative republicans, one of whom said i'm going to go have another bourbon right now particularly after the president said withdraw from afghanistan on this timetable without questioning it or talking about the commanders on the ground and all the rest. so it was -- well, to me all the sort of neo-cons -- gwen: did that bother them? >> yes. but they're not about to say anything right now. kind of holding their fire. >> partisans and foreign policy experts by myself were really expecting the clash of world views. when you get to a debate, you really want
president obama was ready after the first debate. he called him out, saying you've had this position before and -- gwen: romnesia. but this puzzled me, some thought romney won all the debates. he had the most to 2k3w5eu7b89 >> just by standing there next to the commander in chief you raise your level because you are actually going toe to toe with the commander in chief -- chief on questions of foreign policy. and interesting, during the debate i was getting all these emails from...
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the conventions were great on that for obama. and so you could see coming into this, in which they say, look, we are ahead, you are the president, we don't want you out there waving around the 47 percent number. be presidential. but that doesn't really work in debates for all of the reasons we are talking about here, you have an opponent, when romney ride to do it in the republican debate it didn't really work when he had a lead at one point he tried to stay above the fray and he engaged gingrich in a later debate and it worked better and i think the challenge for them now, for the obama team now is, they clearly can't follow the strategy in the second debate. what they also want to avoid a situation that happened with al fore where, al gore where you are seeing a different human being on the stage in the second debate than you are in the first debate. >> rose: go ahead. >> i think there is a certain starkness in the debate that you don't have in the convention. the contrast is extraordinary, in a convention, you are idolized 20,
the conventions were great on that for obama. and so you could see coming into this, in which they say, look, we are ahead, you are the president, we don't want you out there waving around the 47 percent number. be presidential. but that doesn't really work in debates for all of the reasons we are talking about here, you have an opponent, when romney ride to do it in the republican debate it didn't really work when he had a lead at one point he tried to stay above the fray and he engaged...
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president obama weighed in reaffirming the rights of americans to bear arms, but added assault weapons belong on the battlefield not on our streets. gop presidential hopeful mitt romney, says we don't need more gun laws because changing the law won't make bad things go away. meanwhile, cyberspace debates are erupting on whether women are safer if they have and carry guns. >> so congresswoman, norton, will the aurora colorado shooting be the watershed event that leads to more federal gun-control legislation. >> president obama went further than anyone predicted but even murder on a mass scale will not get candidates to talking about gun remedies in an election year. >> i don't think that this will change anything on the federal level. if you remember, colorado has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. >> i don't think so either. i just -- there is no bipartisan consensous this issue and efforts made are defeated by lobbying organizations or partisan politics. >> what happened in colorado is not going to change anything on the federal level. i think what it is going to do is you
president obama weighed in reaffirming the rights of americans to bear arms, but added assault weapons belong on the battlefield not on our streets. gop presidential hopeful mitt romney, says we don't need more gun laws because changing the law won't make bad things go away. meanwhile, cyberspace debates are erupting on whether women are safer if they have and carry guns. >> so congresswoman, norton, will the aurora colorado shooting be the watershed event that leads to more federal...
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do they get convinced that i'm disappointedded in obama but i trust him more? do they get persuaded that mitt romney will look out for their interests? >> i think that the obama campaign has done one thing particularly well over the past six weeks, couple of months. they kept the focus on the comparison between the president and governor romney. so the basis for making a discussion has been really comparing these two people as we know the republicans wanted to be a referendum on the economy. i just think the democrats have done a better job so far on that. >> woodruff: what about the attention? this came up in the meet the press interview with governor romney over the weekend where he was asked to explain what loopholes is is he going to cut in order to make up the money that's lost from the tax cuts. he didn't want to go in the specifics. neither has congressman ryan. how much do they really need to go into specifics? >> i think they need to be providing more specifics than they are now because they are making the story the fact that they have a plan but they
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i have invited barack obama on. i have not seen him either. if you are tavis smiley and you are doing your best to tell the truth, and you might end up not talking to either one of them. good to have you on, have a great week. up next, daniel wolff on efforts to be built new orleans. tavis: daniel wolff is an author and filmmaker. his latest book focuses on the plight of new orleans as we commemorate the anniversary of hurricane katrina. the book is called "the fight for home." the to have you on this program. -- good to have you on this program. >> you have been a big help. tavis: you have been to new orleans recently? >> it is still tough. you and i were there for it -- together. the neighborhoods that came back, you have some new houses. it is starting to look rough again. even the new houses. tavis: i am glad you read the text. how do we sustain a real conversation about our renaissance american city and what it says about us as a nation that we have not put it back on line as it should bend? how do you sustain a conversation about that wh
i have invited barack obama on. i have not seen him either. if you are tavis smiley and you are doing your best to tell the truth, and you might end up not talking to either one of them. good to have you on, have a great week. up next, daniel wolff on efforts to be built new orleans. tavis: daniel wolff is an author and filmmaker. his latest book focuses on the plight of new orleans as we commemorate the anniversary of hurricane katrina. the book is called "the fight for home." the to...
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i think obama tried it. he came on really wanting to try couldn't find the partners to do that but if you had a burst of five or six people in the key positions in washington then you could change the dynamic and the quality of the individual. >> rose: you're talking about -- it seems to me the idea of collegiality and a lot of other qualities that i think the country hungers for. >> you have to have a dual consciousness between a campaign consciousness and governing consciousness and that requires a degree of elitism. a sense of i'm part of a leadership class and i'll behave in a certain way for the country even though it may not poll well and that aristocratic ethos-- to sound a little ham ill on theian is not there. >> i would say you can be elite without being elitist. once you get elected to congress you are a member of the elite but it's not elitist to think you have to have-to-govern and to govern you have to have relationships and the problem with reasonableness in congress now is the country desires
i think obama tried it. he came on really wanting to try couldn't find the partners to do that but if you had a burst of five or six people in the key positions in washington then you could change the dynamic and the quality of the individual. >> rose: you're talking about -- it seems to me the idea of collegiality and a lot of other qualities that i think the country hungers for. >> you have to have a dual consciousness between a campaign consciousness and governing consciousness...
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president obama pummels away at mr. romney -- when he was or wasn't at his company bain capital, his tax returns and his offshore accounts. all the while, as they bob and weave their way through this quadrennial competition, punching wildly, the real story of what's happening to ordinary people as capitalism runs amok is largely ignored by each of them. but not in this book "days of destruction, days of revolt" an unusual account of poverty and desolation across contemporary america. it's a collaboration between graphic artist and journalist joe sacco, about whom more later, and my guest on this week's broadcast, chris hedges. >> all of the true correctives to american democracy came through movements that never achieved formal political power. >> this is just the latest battle cry from hedges, who, angry at what he sees in the world, expresses his outrage in thoughtful prose that never fails to inform and provoke. as a correspondent and bureau chief for "the new york times," he covered wars in north africa, the balkans
president obama pummels away at mr. romney -- when he was or wasn't at his company bain capital, his tax returns and his offshore accounts. all the while, as they bob and weave their way through this quadrennial competition, punching wildly, the real story of what's happening to ordinary people as capitalism runs amok is largely ignored by each of them. but not in this book "days of destruction, days of revolt" an unusual account of poverty and desolation across contemporary america....
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''s the chief of staff for president obama. >> different styles president obama will tend to come in a quite tight lawyerly way. president clinton likes to hear more of the discussion, to think things through. they end up in the same place in the sense they have gotten out of the people that work for them everything they know and they're making the decision based on fact and. >> we condition request john podesta former chief of staff for president clinton and director of transition. >> what's really critical is for him to frame the choice about what this election is about. 2 very, very different view tion and approaches to the us economy. he's got credibility about what works and what doesn't. i think he can remind people about what has worked for them in the past and set a path for the future. so i think one of the things that he will do is spend his time talking about the challenges that president obama faced, the way he responded to them, why those were the right choices. >> charlie:we conclude with jeff sell any of the new york times and john harris of politico. >> i think they'r
''s the chief of staff for president obama. >> different styles president obama will tend to come in a quite tight lawyerly way. president clinton likes to hear more of the discussion, to think things through. they end up in the same place in the sense they have gotten out of the people that work for them everything they know and they're making the decision based on fact and. >> we condition request john podesta former chief of staff for president clinton and director of transition....
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as a matter of fact, president obama's record is worse than jimmy carter's record. (laughter) >> sreenivasan: the man at the top of the g.o.p. ticket, mitt romney, spent the day in vermont preparing for the fall debate. back in charlotte, the democratic national convention officially kicked off late this afternoon. >> this is the democratic national convention will now come to order! (cheers and applause) >> reporter: the highlight tonight will feature first lady michelle obama addressing the convention. >> ifill: ray suarez is down there among the delegates where he'll be everyday and every night all week. ray? >> suarez: gwen and judy, the convention, as harry noted, was gaveled into order by debbie wasserman schultz and will turn to official business and housekeeping but now as official t official delegates are making their way into the hall it's well and truly under way with a parade of speakers including the first woman bishop of the african methodist episcopal church, the leader of the international service employees international union, mary kay henry, and th
as a matter of fact, president obama's record is worse than jimmy carter's record. (laughter) >> sreenivasan: the man at the top of the g.o.p. ticket, mitt romney, spent the day in vermont preparing for the fall debate. back in charlotte, the democratic national convention officially kicked off late this afternoon. >> this is the democratic national convention will now come to order! (cheers and applause) >> reporter: the highlight tonight will feature first lady michelle...
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you know, "i think obama, was obama born in kenya?" just type it in. you'll find hits. you know, "is global warming a hoax?" type it, you'll find hits. so google can basically solve your needs for confirmation, 24 hours a day. >> we can believe almost anything that supports our team." >> that's right. so it's bad enough when we're cheating and dissembling and manipulating things for our own benefit, but when we're doing it for our team it somehow is even more honorable, and easier to do. and this brings us right back to the culture war. people can believe any kind of crazy nonsense they want. if you hated george bush, when he was president, and somebody would give you an argument. i mean, you, it just seems automatically compelling. and you don't have to think very hard, conversely, now, about barack obama. so, all these things i'm saying. these biases of reasoning, that are so obvious at the personal level, when you ramp them up to the group level they get even more severe. >> this one took me aback, because it flies right in the face of my predisposition. "anyone who
you know, "i think obama, was obama born in kenya?" just type it in. you'll find hits. you know, "is global warming a hoax?" type it, you'll find hits. so google can basically solve your needs for confirmation, 24 hours a day. >> we can believe almost anything that supports our team." >> that's right. so it's bad enough when we're cheating and dissembling and manipulating things for our own benefit, but when we're doing it for our team it somehow is even...